Comments on: The President’s Best Hope in the G.O.P.http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/
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By: tangledsynapseshttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1574013
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:28:12 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1574013Unfortunately, the United States of America is locked in a dysfunctional two party system. So, any piece of legislation must go through approval or rejection from the system. Any legislator that dare to cross party lines in order to make possible a well needed legislation risks his/her political future. From this view point it is going to be very difficult to get things done. The word ´gridlock´acquires Shakespearean relevance.
]]>By: starrshttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1573849
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:10:37 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1573849Reform in terms of portability ,catastrophic insurance and no exclusion for preexisting conditions is needed for every American — it is not in the current bills. It is a fairly simple thing to fix –that is if you don’t have an agenda to lead to single payer/ government takeover.
]]>By: j.rhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1573833
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:50:35 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1573833it’s too bad small states like maine and deleware are awarded two senators. then again, it’s really unfortunate that new york and california are awarded any senators.
]]>By: EThttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572951
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:03:33 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572951How long would it take before Senator Snowe’s trigger could take effect? How much would costs rise in the meantime?
]]>By: davequhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572569
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:21:15 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572569If Senator Snowe actually puts her vote where her mouth is,

I will support this woman indefinitely (and financially) even though I am not one of her constituents.

Republlicans need to take note of 2 things:

– the whole nation is closely watching their current obstructionist behavior and taking names

and that a credit-card via internet donation to politicians who actually CARE about fair healthcare in this country

is a simple “click” away.

]]>By: Paul Nhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572419
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:51:17 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572419Besides Senator Snowe, Ahmadinejad would have an easier time setting up a meeting with Obama than republicans. I guess Obama wasn’t being untruthful when he says he has an open door to republicans (one republican)
]]>By: Steve Hunterhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572403
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:11:57 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572403Jacques of MA, Medicare is not bankrupt. There have been predictions about its pending bankruptcy since its inception as has been the case with Social Security. We can hand Wall Street $700 billion in socialized corporate welfare in a mere matter of days. We are a nation that is all too ready to pull the trigger and launch a war. We have had several bankrupt ones Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan without any payback that looted the nation’s treasury and took lives unnecessarily. It is time we spent something to help the average citizen and universal health care would be a good start.
]]>By: Steve Bolgerhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572397
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:59:50 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572397Obviously America’s neglected public mental health compounds all its other problems.
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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:03:52 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572361Most other modern nations do not have a culture of “you can have it all.” Most other modern nations do not have politicians as gutless as ours, who are not willing to tell their constituents exactly how their access to treatment will be limited. Most other modern nations do not allow their lawyers to get rich suing doctors and hospitals, and do not give victims of malpractice millions and millions of dollars. Most other nations do not have lawyers getting rich suing tobacco companies, where everyone knew as early as the early 1960s that cigarete smoking was bad for your health.
]]>By: Steve Bolgerhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572333
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:20:27 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572333Medicare doesn’t do triage. It will pay for a cataract operation for a person who cannot benefit from it due to macular degeneration.

Most other modern nations have an expert panel that prescribes conditions for access to treatments that the US obviously cannot negotiate to limit the total cost of health care.

]]>By: Jacques of MAhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572309
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:21:36 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572309You simply won’t have affordable health care if you don’t limit it in some ways. Triage is the oldest and most basic element of the practice of medicine.

— Steve Bolger

We already do. It’s called 47 million uninsured. It may be more affordable (to the people who are covered) than the public option. And it may be more affordable than allowing the federal government to do for health care for the under 65 crowd what the federal government has done to bankrupt Medicare.

]]>By: Steve Hunterhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572301
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:19:10 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572301It is past time for Obama to look for any support from any Republican. As long as they cling to the philosophy that “I have mine and to hell with you if you do not” the only hope resides within his own party. We can do this without and in spite of obstructionist Republicans. They marginalized progressives for the last eight years, now it is time to turn a deaf ear to their whining.
]]>By: bobhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572203
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:42:08 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572203And who’s the GOP’s best hope among the Democrats?
]]>By: StephenKhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572173
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:57:25 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572173“People really want to have something done” observed by Snowe. Health Care Reform is the most important something.This is a first step toward a right direction by one of the GOP. A sense of participation to form a health care reform is needed from any republican. That show GOP is not completely.rotten. May be she is a life line to save GOP and bring GOP up a step from the shameful pit by all kind of lies created by republican radicals to oppose this mandate
]]>By: SFhttp://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1572137
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:07:14 +0000http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/the-presidents-best-hope-in-the-gop/#comment-1572137There’s no use in trying to cross party lines for health care. The GOP doesn’t want anything to do with reforming health care.. if they had it their way there wouldn’t have been any talks about reforming it at all. Its vital that we get health care soon. I had a friend wait 40 hours in an urgent care unit after being attacked in downtown chicago because she couldn’t afford nor receive any health care benefits. I do not believe that any of the GOP members either in the seats or on the streets realize that this is killing inner city america where most of the population resides. Lets stop having minority party members dictate what the rest of the country needs.
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